The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-21 00:00:00

lIONEY MARKET , , AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The large increase that has lately taken place in the available balances of discounts has very mate terially changed the aspect of the money market. From a condition of stringency to that of compara tive ease, has been the work of only a day or two. The high rates allowed for money placed out for only a week or fortnight's notice of withdrawal has in a very painful degree sfficted the discount market, by bringing up from the coon• try large sums for temporary investment. The market being thus flooded with capital, the brokers have been cmpelled to turn it to account, however fractional the profit. They are, therefore, now negotiating bills of three months' date at 81, per c ent , , and shorter dated securities at 81 per cent. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Palmer and Co., of Cullum -street, who failed on the 4th a nsts was held yesterday, when an approximate statement of alLirs was submitted by Mr. Henry Edwards, of the firm of Cash and Edwards, the accountants, showing liabilities amounting to £410,471 lls. 2d., of which were expected to rank 13 1 30 11 the estate £78,656 lls. ld., with assets amounting to £62,067 ls. 6d., or nearly 16s. in the pound. After a long discussion it was resolved to wind up the estate under inspection. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an influx of £34,000 in French gold, and the withdrawal of 25,000 sovereigns for transmis mon to the Brazils. There was a slight advance yeste r d a y aft ernoon in the rates of exchange on Amsterdam and Ham. burg, but those on Paris were a shade lower. The Anglo-Austrian Bank will be prepared to pay, on and after the Ist October, out of realised net profits, as interest for the first six months of the current year, the sum of 33. 6d. per share free of income tax. Two o'CLocic. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 66Y. 05c. The English Stock Market has remained firm but quiet at yesterday's prices. The transactions recorded have been few, and have failed to occasion the slightest fluctuation. Consols for money are 881 and for the account 881 1. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 1; Exchequer Bills, Mani), 12s. to 53. die,, and June ditto, 233. die.; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 1041. In the Foreign market the only feature of im portance has been the fluctuations in the Confede. rate Loan, which opened at 751 769, then dropped to 71 73, and is now 73 75, or 2 per cent. lower than at the close of business on the previous after "(AL The other principal securities are tolerably firm, with very few operations. Mexican are 271 1; do. New, 251 • ; Turkish Consolides, 501 51 1 ; Greek, 23 ;244' Spa n i s h P ass i ve, 32 -.1 1 ; do. Certifi cates, 141- ; Portuguese, 47 ; and Russian, 871 88. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, and prices have rot varied to any extent. Metropolitan and South Eastern have each improved 108., while Bristol and Exeter have declined 10a. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings hare been very dull, and without change as regards !al nes. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in one or two instances a shade flatter. Credit Foncier and Alobilier of England shares are quoted 2: prem, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 3 per Cent. Reduced B6l / New 3 per Cent. New 521 per Cent. J an. 1894 .... Do per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire hth Jan., 1880 — 1)o for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — DO (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Exchequ er Bills, £l,OOO m arch. June. , Do £5OO 3& 31 per Cent. 5 5 12 o £lOO and £2OO Bank England S tk, 5 1 per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO 9 0 Do Account — 5 per C ent. July, 1870 1031 41 Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — vDO Certificates oAccount Do 4 1 per Cent. (D e f erred 3 per Cent.Do) 1 pet Cent. — En aced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 6 per Cent., J an. 18 7 2 — Do Do 51 per Cent., M ay , 1879 — 4 per C ent., Aug. 1866 — Do Bonds 01,000 Do under £l,OOO •••• FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austria Bs Ce s ntpe, r Cent .. Brazilian. n 5 ond per Do Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 _ 1863 .. auerioa Ayres 6 per Cent _ Do Account,.. • Chilian 6 per Cent. ' .. ~.... ~. Do 4/ per Cent volornbian 6 per Cent 73 Cuba, 6 per Cent. _ Danisho der Cent. 1864 . ... ...... , pr Cent. 1825 , r . 4 -'0 5 per Cent, ' 1864 22squador New Consolidated, 1 por Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.. t gvPtian 7 per Cent„ ,„ D, Second Issue seree o k 5 Per Cent., 1824-5, ox-Coupons — D o Acc Do Coup ons De Account — It alia Guate mala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Tian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 721 3,lexican 3 Do Account Cent • .. De 1864.. to French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Do 6 per C ent. Anglo-French — dis Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New G ranada Dot per Cent..... — Do per Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Peruvian Do 4do Aug., 1866 —.l per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (C r ribarren)... Do 41 per C ent ., 1862 Do Acco un t.... — Portuguese 3 por Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account 47 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4} por Cent., 1850 • . Do Do 3 ner C en t 1859 1860 Do 4 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Sardinia n 6 per Cent Pm DO Account -- --. S panish 3 p er Cent Do Account ---. Do New Deferred Do Account 1) o Passive Do Account °Panish Cert. of Coup not funded l4l ._ Do Account _ Swedish, 4 per Cent .-- pm ... Do Scrip, £6O paid .turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .. 91 i 901 bo Account Do n° -kcc G per C nt. 1858 . — ount 1) o £lOO B onds 69 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds., .. 70/ 3 / 4 D 01863 _Do Guaranteed 4er Cent..... ....Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid .... Venezuela. Cent. DO Accounts, •• • — DDo 6 per Cent • ...... o Account .. . Do 6 per Cent , 1864 .. . .. 41 Di vidend/3 . 0n the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. ~ Do Account ........ . .... • .......... ,l!ailigian ft per Cent., Ex. 25f. ........ -D teLt 2i per Cent. E. 12 Guil ........ ---- - r,; 1 .1 ) .. 0 4 per Cent. Cent. ........ .‘ tan 5 per Cent,, 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. -,,,,D0 A!ccount .... .... :. .. .......... 67 1 4 ' each • Relates, 2 per Cent... • • ........ -..- , • nvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. '‘eiluontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f...... THREE O'CLOCIL Consols Aloney 881 Do Account ..................... 23 dig Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, :et unchanged. Sales, 5,000 or 6,000 bales. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share) Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon 'Cornwall Do A A gets no div i Do. B ti 11 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Westerr Great Eastern, Ord. stk l Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do G t. S. an.l W. of TrPl An 1 WePterr inal Orio Great b Do Str Val ffila. btOCX --- 1 Do. South Wales .... i Do. \st Mid. -OM ord Do Newport Do Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire. London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Norft Western Lon. & So%th Western' Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle I I Do A shares Metropolitan IMidland Do Birm & Derby %lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares 511.1 Kent North Brit1;311. Edin., Perth, Jr Dundee' Nth. Eastern—Berwloa Do, G.N.E. purchase I Do Lecda Do York Do Carlisle. ....ar1 .... g Do. Stock. & Din Do do 1855-58 Do do la SG-61 North London Do New Do New, 1864 North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Juuotion Scottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot Mid. stook Shrews, and Welohpool Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Vest Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar, &S Paid. i Closing j Business rriee. done. 83 65 124 125 6 7 31 33 16 17 87 80 106 108 44i 45i 64 74 1 8} 1291 131 140 127 130 00 02 681 47 98 37 39 9) 101 113} 111} 61 66 102 103 39 41 114 Ma l 92 94 62 (3 105 106 129 1291 98 100 62 64 25 2 6 105 WO 84 CS g.i 93i 351 351 9 10 74 84 123 126 1 11 p 75 76 10} 11 130 135 556 56 85 17 826 E 3 8 9 160 165 31 41 t) 93 34 36 82 2 i 1131 i ill 10f it 931 i 105 1282 ei BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Ltlantio & St Lawrene , 1 0m.,Baroda&.Cent Gu. IS per cont....—. Do. E. luflalo and LaKe Hum] Do. Preference iuflalo,Brant,&Godricl p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 )0. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, 18; lcutta. &S. Eas tn. (Liu l apeTown t Dock Scri Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf rCaetn. Bengal gu. 5 p. n;ast Indian. gu. 5 p. e Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. J do. .. Grand Trunk of Canad• Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist rret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...—. Do. 2d Prof. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Yid. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th l'ref. stock... Do. do. deferred It.lndlarenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. o It. Sonth.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per oent Do. 41 per cent Do It. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 wall' t opt Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 Indian. Branch Limited Hadras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extensio) De. 44 d 0...... • • Do. Fifth Extension. Ifelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bndb Vielb. Az Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. nor tg. Bds. gewßruEswick t Cand. Class A. and B ..... . N. Itl.C'da.B po Ist pi bd , Soinde -••• Do. Delhi... Igi Do. do •• • • r. . Punjaub Jo. Do. •• Do. Indus.S t. Flo.) Paid Closing Price. 57 69 991 00i i dis I p 41 5} 7/ 81 95 10) 94 90 all 100 (106 100 2 all , LONIAL GOVER British Colnmbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 3i, 1872.... Do. do 1883.... ;an.brov.6p.c.Ja. &JUI 1877-Se Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aut. Do., p. c.Mar. & Sept Do. t p. 0. Jan.&Jul) Do. 5 Jnecribed stool ape G.liope, 6 p 0,187. Do.Ap &Oct. 188( Do. 189 , )o. Jan. & July, 1891. 'eylon, N0v.1878, 6 n daurittua 6 p.cent.lB73 1878 Do. 1884 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. ‘1.1.5.00v. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul3 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot v. S. F. Gov. 5 p 0., 180, Dv. 5 p. c.,18/1 to ltrii Do. d0.,1888 &upwd, Yew Zealand 6 p cent. \lova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. 2ueensland Gcv. 6 p. c. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up. Tto.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) Oa io 6 p.o. An.&Oot.. 99 101 109 101 19} 191 91 94 71 73 61 63 CO 68 55 67 53 55 46 48 29 31 27 29 101 102 id 1, , 99 100 101 101 8 . ) 91 82 81 d fry 99 100 93 05 88 90 E 8 CO t 6 80 83 99 100 98 100 id par 98 100 V 5 V 7 1001 93} 1' SECU H)4 96 9f DO 94 06 82 84 82 84 tO4 106 107 109 108 110 107 10,1 IC9 112 + ( a 104 103 106 tOI 103 t)4 107 96 99 97 99 96 98 95 96 99 102 10) 102 a,5 107 108} 109 BRITISH MINES. ftnibrittn Consol. Gold I Chiverton ;Lamm Amalgamated.. ievon G.Com,(Tavist. Drakewal .. •... • Isassett(lllogan).. •!ast Clogau Gold Ltd 'ast Caradon ...... .7a st Cara 1trea......, East Grenville East Lovell . W 'I Russel a &via tk. lam...4St.Aubyn(Gwen Great Laxey, I reat South Tolgus i. Wheal Vor (llelston irenville.. I erf,d's-Foot lingaton Downs --- Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelani •larke Valley.. lyndv Iron Oro (Lim. New Setun Jorth Downy North Roskear.. ...... . N. ‘l , tsadmet(lilo,rab north Wheal Crotty . Prosper United.... rovidenoe(Uny Ulm ,outh Caradon(SA.Cleel Wheal Fran2(lllogan itray Park Lin Crolt Nest Basset (illogan).. V Cr radon (Liskeard ',Vest Suton Wheal Basset (Mogan Wheal Buller atedruth WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien wheal &ton wheal Trelawney (Lis., Wheat Union i i 7 71 30 32 580 690 1* 11 65 70 1 2.1.0. JO 2.7.0. 2.13.6. 8.13. 264 27} 7 7, 71 if 84 9 1 44 6 7 9 15 15 2 24 31 35 7 74 68 40 4 44 78 '. 0.13 4.180 2.8.6 .1.;; u 214 3 29} 3.1..6 2.8 0 10 .0. tk 18.143 10.17.1 6 8 6 1* 1 26 75 85 11 14 20 22 11 2* 3* 4 3 37 3O 10 630 42k 47* 28 SO 18 10 8 9 19 11 .05 215 92 05 17 19 1k 2 14 16 205 215 19 II 1 14 590 881 35 li 2215 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stook, 122 i Ditto, 2d ditto, 115 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., Ditto, 13 and C 6 per cent., 31} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Bradford pf. stock, 93 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 64 FOREJGX RAILWAYS.' Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 151 Recife and San Francisco (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., lak 10 _ BANKS. Alliance 401 1 tO Ditto, new, 44 31 Anglo-Italian, lim., Australasia, 711 Bank of British Columbia, 161. Consolidated Bank, lirn., 10} 10 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 European Bank, lim., 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 30 Imperial Bank of Ohina, India, and Japan, Bin. 41 Imperial Ottoman, 17 Land Mortgage Bank,of India, lim., 5 London Rank of Mexico and S. America, lira., sitit London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 31 I 31 London and County, 72 11 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, 1im.,;12 London Joint Stock, 46 51 London and 11 estminster, U 7 5 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 121 12 1 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 211 2 National Provincial of England, Ditto, ditto, 38} New South Wales, 421 Oriental Barns Corporation. 591 9 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 111 South Eastern, Urn., 8 Union of Australia, 52 Union of London, -52} 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, G per cent. perpetl. deb. 111 Di:.conut Corporation, 171 6 'Ebbw Vale, 41 g 6 Egyptian Coni. and Trading, lim., Zif Financial Corporation, & Fore-strcet Warehouse, Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 631 Hudson's Bay, 16 151 • Imperil Mercantile Credit Asso., Um., 71 International Financial Society, lim., 81 1 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 84 31 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 64 Land Securities, Lm., 41 London Financial Association, Um., 221 3 London General Omnibus Company, 21 3 Milwall Iron Works. 51 National Discount Company, 11M., 12i 13 National Financial, lint, National Steam Navigaercanti tion le North B ritish and 5I Insurance, BM, 171 Ottoman Financial A seociation, lim., Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 80 Royal Mail Steam, 95 South Australian Land, 29 81 UniYersal Alarins, Insurance, 51 Business dons 100 i 100 ICO} ! 100 1011 1 i lUTIES. to 81 , Clit THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN INC, SEPT EMBER 21, 1864. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Pigott.) mr. CHARGE OF ATIEMPTING TO MURDER A WIFE IN LEICESTER SQUARE. John Williams, aged 36, surrendered to answer an in dictment charging him with assaulting Annie Williams, his wife, with intent to kill and murder her. In several other counts he was charged with wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix said on the evening of the 25th of August last,:about half-past 10, she was walking in Leices ter-square, in the direction of the Alhambra. A gentle man was with her, and while so walking the prisoner came up and asked her to leave the gentleman and come with him. The gentleman told him to go away, when the pri soner said she was his wife, and ought not to be walking there. The prisoner then struck her with a knife in the neck. The weapon broke, and he then threw it away. The prosecutrix rushed to the Sabloniere Hotel, followed by the prisoner, when she found her throat cue, and a medical man was sent for and the prisoner was taken into custody, Cross-examined by Mr Sleigh—She knew a Mr Cutler, he was a doctor, and she had known him from a child. He had attended her mother. She had been married to the pt Boner 14 years. They lived happy together for several years at Barnstaple, but they afterwards came to London about four years ago. She was residing in Nutford-place. She had an illness at that time. Dr Cutler visited her there several times. She lost sight of him for about 18 months. She was then living with her husband in Brewer-street. Cutler had become reduced in circumstances, and the pri soner entertained and kept him with great kindness. Shortl3 after Cutler came into a fortune of £5OO, and took the Cock publichouse, Market-street, St. Martin's-lane, and put the prisoner and witness into it, he also being in the house, and the result was ehe cohabited with Curler. Mr Sleigh—And you and Cutler actually turned the pri soner out of the house. Witness admitted that was true, and, in answer to further questions, she admitted she was in the habit of walking the streets and meeting gentlemen. Her husband had re peatedly urged her to give up her abandoned mode of life, and come to live with him, and he would forgive her. Oa the night of the occurrence the prisoner came up and en treated her to come home, and when he did so the gentle man told him to go away, and she also told him she would walk with whom she liked, when he struck her. Polies-constable Conquest said he took the prisoner into custody, when he found the prosecutrix had been wounded in the throat. Prisoner then said he was glad he had done it. He found a broken knife on the pavement. Mr John Skegg, surgeon, of St Martin's-lane, said he was sent for on the 25th of August to the Sabloniere Hotel, and found the prosecutrix with a wound on the left side of her neck. It was an incised wound about half an inch in length, but not a dangerous one. Inspector 'Wilson, of the C division, said 'when the pri soner was in the room at Vine-street station he pulled out a locket, and said it contained the portrait of a man who had murdered his wife. The prisoner was excited but sober. At the close of the evidence for the prosecution, Mr Sleigh made an earnest appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, urging the misery the prosecutrix had brought upon him, by her voluntary cohabitation with the man Cutler and the abandoned life she had adopted. Mr Baron Piggott summed up the evidence, and The jury returned a verdict of unlawfully wounding. Baron Piggott, in sentencing the prisoner, said he was not justified in taking the law into his own hands, and although sympathy might be felt for him, he had no right to carry a knife about with him, which could only have been intended for an improper use. lie then sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, TIIH ALLEGED MURDER IN HATTON GARDEN. Henry Wilkinson, stone mason, was indicted for the wilful murder of Eliza Wilkinson, his wife, on the night of Sunday, the 28th of August, in Cross-street, Hatton garden. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. It will be recollected, from the evidence which has already appeared at length in The Sun, that a young man, named Chippeiteld, and the niece of the prisoner's wife, came to visit them on the evening of the 28th August. In the evening prisoner and his wife went with their friends to the Farringdon station of the Metropolitan Railway. and in bidding them good bye the prisoner kissed his wife's niece, at which Mrs Wilkinson seemed annoyed. The prisoner said to Chipperfield—" Don't be jealous : kiss my old woman." Prisoner and his wife returned home, and a quarrel was the result. Prisoner went out and returned home ire a state of intoxication, and finding his wife from home he went in search of her. Ile found her in the room of one of the lodgers in the same house, and having recom menced the quarrel, the prisoner struck the deceased and kicked her in the abdomen. The unfortunate wife ex claimed—" You have given me my death blow," and shortly afterwards died. The prisoner, when sober, always treated his wife with kindness. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. Baron Pigott told the prisoner that the pernicious habit of drinking had led him into his present positien. He had doubts whether he ought not to pass a severe sentence of penal servitude, but under the circumstances he hoped he waa not doing wrong in dealing with the prisoner much more leniently. He therefore sentenced him to 12 moiaths' imprisonment with hard labour. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER IN CLERRENWELL. John Rowland, gold refiner, was indicted with feleniously attempting to kill and murder his wife. The parties, it will be recollected, reEided in Seckforde street, Cletkenwell, and the prisoner, on returning home. found his wife in a state of intoxication, whereupon a quarrel ensued, and he struck her on the head with a hatchet. The wife, in her examination this morning, said she was so intoxicated that she did not khow how the injury was inflicted. She believed she hurt herself by falling against the fender. Mrs Smith, however, proved that she saw the man strike the woman with something having a handle. The prose cutrix, she said, was generally intoxicated four days a week. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wound ing, and Mr Baron Piggott sentenced him to 12 months' im prisonment, with hard labour. OUTRAGE ON LADIES BY THE POLICE AT PIT.. LOCIIRY.—The Dundee Advertiser publishes a cor respondence that has taken place between Sir John S. Richardson, of Pitfour Castle, and Messrs Pattullo and Thornton, respecting an outrage committed on three young ladies at a hazier recently held at Pitlei:Airy. From a nar rative of the case given in the Advoiiser, it appears that the ladies, who are members of respectable families in Dun dee and Perth, paid a visit to the bazaar and made several purchases. While doing so, a cry that there were pick• pockets in the place was raised, and those present examined their pockets to see whether they had been picked. Shortly afterwards the three ladies alluded to went out, and, after walking about for some time, returned, when they were apprehended, and taken, notwithstanding their protests, to a small tent adjoining, where their outer garments were searched; but as this resulted in the discovery of nothing that could lead to conviction, the ladies were taken to the police station in charge of three policemen. Between the bazaar and the station the ladies were treated as if there was no doubt of their being regular pickpockets, and on arriving at the station they were compelled to strip them selves in the presence of a policeman's wife, who getirched everything they had on. it was only after this that the policemen became satisfied of their mistake and liberated the ladies. Messrs Patullo and Thornton were employed as agents for one of the young ladies, and in this capacity they addressed a letter to Sir John Richardson—who, it was alleged, had caused the apprehension of the ladies— calling upon him to mike duo apology and ample reparation to their clients. Sir John emphatically denies, in the cor respondence, having ever i nter f ered in the matter or been in any way responsible for it, and feeling aggrieved at being charged with an offence with which he says he had nothing whatever to do, he has published the correspondence. ROYAL BOSTON YACHT CLUB REGATTA.—The second regatta this season in connexion with tke Boston Yacht Club, which enjoys the patronage of the Earl of Yarborough, Lord Burghley, the Hon. W. H. Adams, Lee , came off on Monday. The weather was beautifullyfine, but the wind was rather too light to make the race exciting in the broadest sense of the term. There were three prizes offered, namely £2, and £l, for which the following yachts competed :—Waterwitch (7 tons), Mr John Pilley, Boston Fire Fly (7 tons), Mr L. J. Fawcett, Boston ; Vixen (3 tons), Rev. J. Tunnard, Frampton. The course extended over a distance of about 27 miles, from Maud Fos ter Sluice down to the Upper-Scul-Rig Buoy, and back to Freiston. The start took place at 9.12, the Waterwitch taking the lead and maintaining it all round the course. The race finished as under—Waterwitch, 2h. 17.11. 7 5 . ; Fire Fly, 2a. 21w. 455.; Vixen about an hour after. SALMON FISHING:O wing to the protracted drought which prevailed during the month of August, and the autumn spates which followed, salmon fishing has been unusually good in most parts of Ihe coun try. The Ness is swarming with fish ; it is nothing un common for 15 salmon and grilse to bo taken by ono rod in the course of a lew hours. In fact, most of our Northern livers have been yielding splendid baskets since the with drawal of the nets, and there is every prospect of their con tinuing to do so until the c!ose of the season. Anglers on the Spey have every reason to bo well satisfied. The sport obtained on the Tay, however, notwithstanding the appre hensions which were entertained during the past month, seems to eclipse the whole.—lnverness Laurier. FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—A scene of rare oc. currence took place in the Manchester Cathedral on Sunday morning. D4ring the reading of the banns by the Rev. Mr rroutbeek a woman rose from her scat, and, when tvc o names were mentioned, bho said in a loud tone of voice, ,6 1 forbid that." She was requested by one of the apparitors to wake her objection in the vestry after the service, and the resumed her place. The scene causA some commotion in the crowded church, POLICE INTELLIGENCE, This day. MARYLEBONE. HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY ATICKET- OP.LEATE.—A coarse masculine looking woman named Ellen Buckland was charged with the following robbery from the person. A young man who said his name was Wm. Phipps, re siding at 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, footman, stated that last night he was waiting for an omnibus in the Bayswater-road when he was accosted by the prisoner who asked him to stand treat. He gave her 6d, and stood talking with her for a few minutes, and all at once ho missed his purse containg £2 6s. He accused her of taking it, when shs only laughed. After a 1 ttle time sbe gave him back the purse with the silver in it, but the gold was gone. As she refused to give it up she was given into custody. This morning he also missed a bunch of keys, with some money attached to them. Donald Taylor, 345 D, took the prisoner into custody, who denied having taken the purse. Isaac King, 332 D, said he was on reserve duty at the station, when the prisoner gave him three sixpences—two for himself and one to fetch some gin with. This was after she had been searched and nothing found upon her. He told his inspector, who found some more silver in her pocket. The gold was not found. The keys were found in the water-closet in the cell. _ . _ Dale, 117 D, said the-pr;soner was now a ticket•of- leave. Committed for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING—THIS DAT. CESAREWITCII STARES, 16 to 1 agst Suspicion (taken) 16 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken) 40 to 1 aget Scamander (taken) 50 to 1 agst Fantail (taken) 50 to 1 aget Weatherbow (taken) 50 to 1 aget Accident (taken) 50 to 1 agst Skeffington (takes) 50 to 1 agst Barbadces (taken) CAMBRIDCIESHIRE. 30 to 1 agst Accident (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gretitudo (tat n) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, RICHMOND (YORKSHIRE) RACES.—TUESDAY. The Easby Stakes of 5 BQVIS each, with 20 added, for two and three-yr-olds ; penalties and allowances. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr J. Osborne's Brown Bread, 2 yrs, Tat 71b (Whitely) 1 Mr Smith's Lion, 2 yrs, Est 11Ib (Loates) 2 Mr —'s Nu, 2 yrs, Get 11Ib (Carroll) 3 Betting-2 to lon Lion, 6to 2 agat Brown Bread, 10 to 1 agst Nu. Won by head ; a bad third. The Richmond Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, and 2 if declared, with 80 added ; winners extra; second to re ceive 15 soya. One mile and three-quarters. 24 subs. 11 declared. Mr Bowes's Early Purl, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Loates) 1 Lord Zetland's Revival, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Carroll) 2 Mr Tewperley's Alico, 4 yrs, Bst (J. Snowden) 3 The following also ran ;—llonest John, Ace of Hearts, and Wharfinger. Betting-2 to 1 agat Revival, 6to 2 agst Alice, 4to 1 agst Early Purl, 5 to 1 apt Ace of Hearts. Won by half a length ; a bad third. The Licensed Victuallers' Plate of 3 sous each, with 20 added, for all ages. Grey Stone in, Incision, Bst 41b (Noble) 1 Nelly Gray, Get 71b (Carroll) 2 Little Dame, Gat 71b (Cameron) 3 Serf, General Jackson, and Tabitha Bramble else ran, Betting-6 to 5 agat Incision, 3 to 1 agst Tabitha Bramble, 6 to 1 each agst Serf and Nelly Gray. Won by a length ; half a length between second and third. The winner was bought in for 43 guineas. The Members' Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 2 ft ; winners extra; second to receive 10 soya. One mile. 16 subs. Lord Zetland's Bandarilla, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Carroll) 1 Mr John Osborne's Gaily, 4 yrs, 7st 6lb (Whiteley) 2 Mr Watt's National Guard, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Loates) 3 Mr Fobert's Wisdom, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Bates) 4 Mr C, Winteringham's Stiff, 3 yra, Gat 31b.. (Cranshaw) 5 Betting-2 to 1 each agst National Guard and Gaily, 5 to 2 agat Bandarilla. Won by half a length. The Sapling Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 31b, Half a mile and 200 yards. Mr J. Osborne's Wild Agnes, Bst 111 b .... (J. Osborne) 1 Lord Zetland's St Magnus, Bst 101 b (J. Snowden) 2 Mr Winteringham's Nuthing More, 9st llb (inc 51b ex) (Challoner) 3 Mr J. Osborne's First-rater, Bst 101 b (Whiteley) 4 Betting-7 to 1 on Wild Agnes, who won by six lengths. The Richmond Cup (Handicap) of 50 soya, for all ages; winners extra. Grey Stories in. Nlr Jackson's Lady Louisa, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (Doyle) 1 Mr Bowes's Theobalds, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Loates) 2 Mr Singleton's Mrs Lirripar, 2 yrs, Sat 916 (Craddock) 3 Mr J. Ridley's Redmire, 2 yrs, Sat 121 b (Challoner) 4 The following also ran :—Miss Armstrong, Risk, Strong Beer, and Rondoletia. Betting-6 to 4on Lady Louisa, sto 1 agst any other. Won by two lengths ; the same between the second and third ; a neok between third and fourth. CANTERBURY RACES-TUESDAY. The Two-Year-Old Stakes of 6 sows each, with 30 added; colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst lib; winners extra, with allow ances. Three .quarters of a mile. 9 subs. Mr C. P. Hudson's Tilt, Bst 71b (Clarke) 1 Mr Egerton's Corporal Trim, Bst 101b..(J. Nightingall) 2 Lord St. Vincent's St. Leger, Bst 71b .. (Elphick, jun.) 3 Maud also ran. Even on Tilt, 3 to 1 agst any other. The flag fell to a good start, and the lot ran together for about 200 yards, when Tilt went to the front, closely waited upon by Maud and Corporal Trim, St. Leger seve ral lengths in the rear. As they approached the dip the three Laders were abreast of each other, and ran thus to the distance, where Tilt came out, and won easily by three lengths— a length separated second and third—Maud close up. The Barham Down Stakes of 3 soya each, with 30 added ; weight for ago, with selling allowances. .5 furlongs. Mr HT Marsh's Princess Dagmar, 2 yrs, bat 41b (£3O) (I'Anson, jun.) 1 Mr Saltmarsh's Lady Wilson filly, 2 yrs, Gat 41b (£3O) (Smith) 2 Mr Fleming's Eleanor, 3 yra, 7st 131 b (£30).... (Keats) 3 The following also ran :—Fairyland, Rosa Leo, Blanche of Lancaster, Sherborne, and Michel Grove. After some delay at the' post the flag fell to a fair start, Sherborne jumping off with the lead, followed by Blanche of Lancaster, Princess Dagmar, and the Tadmor fitly, the others close up. The order was maintained until they topped the hill, where Princess - Dagmar took the lead and Sherborne fell into the rear. From the distance a good race ensued between the three placed, resulting in the vic tory of Princess Dagmar by a length and a half; three quarters of a length separated the second and third; Rosa Lee was fourth, Blanche of Lancaster fifth, and Sherborne last. The winner was bought by Mr H. Wright for 70 guineas. The East Kent Handicap Plate of 70 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 cove each ;the second to save his stake; winners extra. One mile 7 furlongs. Capt. Wrotham's Fletton, 4 yrs, Bst 121b......(Zanker) 1 Mr C. P. Hudson's Warwick, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b .. (Clarke) 2 Mr Breary's Telescombs, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b...... (liibberd) 3 Professor and Bombay also ran. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Warwick and Bombay, 3to 1 agst Flattop, 6 to 1 agst Telscotnbe. The lot (with the exception of Professor, who bolted) got well away, and when they had settlod into their places Telscombe took a commanding lead, followed by Bombay and Fletton. After going about a mile Warwick took up the running, attended by Telscombe and Fletton, and frcm the distance the three came on together ; but Fletton out paced the others and won easily by six lengths; Telscombe a bad third. A Handicap Plate of £lO, winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Egerton's Roseneath, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (car. 7st 61b) (James Nightingall) 1 Mr E. W. Jones's Atlas, 4 yrs, Tat 71b ........ (Keats) 2 Mr Marsh's Confederalist, 3 yrs, 7st 21b ...... (Ribberd) 3 Lady Warwick, Diploma, and Bombay. Betting-6 to 4 aget Atlas-4 to 1 each aget Roseneath and Diploma-5 to 1 agst Confederalist. After two or three attempts the lot got off abreast and ran so to the top of the hill, where Atlas for a few strides showed in front, followed by Confederalist and Bombay ; ap • proaohing the distance Confederalist took the lead, and hold it halfway up the straight, where Jemmy Nightingall, who had been riding with consummate skill and patience, brought Roseneath up with a rush, and won cleverly by a neck ; a length separated seoond any third; Diploma was a good fourth, with Lady Warwick close 141 ; Bombay was last. The Scurry Handicap of 3 soya each, Wig' 20 soya added. Half-a-mile, Mr 11. Marsh's Princess Dagmar, 2 yrs 7st 711 i (James Nightingall) Mr York's Blanche of Lancaster, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b bberd) 2 Michel Grove, Eleanor, and Professor also ran. Betting-7 to 4 each agst Blanche cf Lancaster and Prin cess Dagmar, and 7 to 1 bar two. Won by a neck; a length separated second and third. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. There was a fair attendance at the rooms to-day, but very little business was transacted. For the Cesarewitch Stakes, 100 to 6 was taken about Suspicion to win upwards of £l,OOO, and 20 to 1 was offered on the field bar ono. For the Cambridgeshire Stakes 25 to 1 was offered on the field, and 200 1 to 7 was booked twice about Brick, the only other bet being 600 to 10 agst Muezzin, Closing prices : CESAREWITCR. 100 to 7 agst Suspicion (taken) 20 to I bar one (offered) CAMBRIDG MIME. 60 to lon the field (offered) 200 to 7 eget Brick (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mut zzin (taken) TUE FORTHCOMING PRIZE FIGHT.—The fight between Mace, a member of the English prize ring, ‘nd Coburn, a representative of the American pugilistic corps, for £5OO a-side, is now on the eve of being adjusted- Th e last deposit of £5O a-side was yesterday subscribed by the backers of the men, and will to-day bo handed over to the final stakeholder. The fight is to come off next Tuesday week, October 4, and the articles of agreement between the men state that it is to take place In Ireland. The men, who have been in training under the surveillance of profes sionals, have recently shit ted their quarter-, to prevent po • lice interference prior to the day of fighting. Mace is to hand over £lOO to Coburn towards his expenses in coming to this country to fight. In betting, Coburn is the favourite. The inhabitants of CAvaitlon, a town in the Vau. close, celebrated for its melons, having formed the project of founding a public library, wrote to M. Alexandre Dumas to ask him to aid them by a present of a few of his works, The popular novelist wrote back to say that he had given instructions for 200 or 300 volumes of his works which have already appeared as a reprint to be sent to them, but that if they liked his books, he also was fond of their melons, and that in exchange he desired to have constituted to him regularly by municipal decree a life rent of one dozen melons a year, the expense of carpittge to re main at his charge, THAMES. MERCY, BUT NOT MERCIFUL —A foreigner, who gave the name of Charles Mercy, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with striking a police-eoneable named Andrews, No. 38 H, with a sling shot, and with kicking another constable, No. 151 11. Last night the policeman Andrews was passing the Prus sian Flag beerhouse, in Ratcliff Highway, and a disturb ance and general fight was going on there. Andrews attempted to quell the row, and while doing so received a violent blow on the head with a sling-shot. The indenta tion on an old uniform hat was very great, and a round piece nearly the size of a shilling was cut out of the hat. Andrews was partially stunned by the fall and disabled. He could not tell who struck the blow, but others gave evidence that the prisoner was the person who struck the blow, and that before Andrews' arrival he took a sling shot from his pocket and struck the waiter at the Prussian Flag twice with it. He was soon arrested, and the sling shot that he had used was found on the ground. On the way to the station houss he caught hold of the rails which surround the enclosure in Wellcloso square and kicked him backwards. He was compelled to lot go the rails, and was dragged to the station-house. He refused to walk there. 111 r Paget sentenced the prisoner to one month's im prisonment and hard labour for the assault on Andrews, and one month's imprisonment and hard labour for the assault on 161 11. The sentences to be consecutive. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate, and the quality of the pro duce was fine. The trade for all descriptions of English wheat was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline in the quotations. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied, Sales, both in American and Continental descriptions, progressed slowly, at about Monday's prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. For all de scriptions the trade was dull, at barely stationary prices. The malt trade was dull, and prices had a downward tendency. With oats the market was mxlerately supplied. Th ere p w r a ie s e a s. Beans ruled firm, prices fair demand for most qualities, a t a b out stat i onary being quite as high as on Monday. Peas were in short supply, and they changed hands at full currencies. The flour trade was quiet, at about stationary prices. A.ILRIVALS THIS WILEIE. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 1,350 270 610 260 410 Irish Foreign 2,930 1,790 8,840 150 scks. 2,820 brls. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is moderate. For good and fine samples there is a steady demand at very full prices ; otherwise the trade is qaiet. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and trade rules firm, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s Sd to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 81 to 4 61 ; and pork, 38 6d.to 4s 61 per Blbs by tbo careaco. Thor's Cave. This magnificent cave has its opening in the face of a limestone cliff, at the height of about 250 feet above the level of the river Manifold, and there is no more picturesque view in the Midland counties than that which is presented to the traveller on the W e tt er " and Butterton road , when looking across a ravin e h e sees th e towering and almost perpendicular cliff perf ora t e d b y t h e g i gan tic portal of the cave, some 30 feet hi g h , w i th the a ld e r -fringed Manifold winding at the foot al ong one of t h e s weetest dells in Staf fordshire, the landscape terminated by Grindon - hill and the graceful spire of Grinder' church. The cave itself re p a y s the trouble of a rath er t o il some ascent. Its lofty roof, formed of rude cathedral-lik e po i nted and gro i ne d arches, opening out into several pass ages or aisles, is majestic in the extreme. It is therefore n o t t o b e wondered at t h a t s everal attempts should have been m a d e to ascerta i n t h e a rchreelogioal trea sures that might r easona b ly be suppose d t o be contained on the floor of the cav e , b u t a l l researches un til the present time have proved fruitless. Impressed by the favourable position of the cavern, its main entrance facing almost due north, Mr. Edwin Brown, of Burton-upon -Trent, had long been under the impression that there was a great probability of discover ing in the mud of th e cave both bones an d teeth of some of those exinct animals w hi c h inhabite d this country during the glacial epoch, th e northerly or, curren ts of which period conveyed the mud int o th e cave; failing geolog ical dis coveries, that there mi g h t be found traces (df the ancient tribes of the human ra ce h aving inha bited the precincts of the cave, which trace s h a d escaped t h e partial attempts of previous explorers to detect. To the end that an effi cient search should be made, a small grant of money was lately obtained from the Midland Scientific Association ; the permission of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire was asked and freely granted, an d th e i nva luable services of Mr S. Carrington, of Wetton, as super i n tendent of the works, w ere enlisted. Operation s were comm enced systematically a few y beymlpayloeyr,edencda, after submitting it to the practised eye of M r Carrington , to throw it th r ough a cleft of the rock d own the western declivityrefully to remov e theflodoaros aroe. cave Menlayer were fh of the hill. Many hours had not e lapsed before articles of Celtic manufacture presented themselves. The cave had evidently been occupied at various times and for long periods by the wild tribes of our island, who, levelling spaces in the floor in some out-of-the-way nook of the cavern, made their fires and carried on all the opera tions of ordinary lire. Layers of charcoal, burnt to the state of soot, were found more than a foot in thickness, together with numerous fragments of pottery of the Celtic and R e _ mane-Celtic periods, and bones of animals that had been used as food. In one place, near Ure stone known as the "Druids' altar," and about 6 feet from the surface, an ancient inter ment was discovered. The skeleton was p lace d in the con tracted form common to the most rncient burials, but being unprotected by any eist, the bones were much crushed. It was accompanied by a bone instrument , made apparently from the brow antler of the red deer, perforated in two different directions, and with a hole al so at the base. Probably it had bee n used with strings as a fastening to the skin cloak of the deceased, but as no similar article has ever been discovered in the many barrows that have been opened by Mr. Carrington, or by the late Mr. Bateman and others, in Staffordshire or Derbyshire, the use is at present 'problematical. It is a singular oir cumstance that several other similar articles were found in different parts of the cave. The collectio n o f antiquities 80 far brought to light—comprises bone s carved in seve ral peculiar ways, fragments of gritstone querns, an armilla and a fine fibula of the harp pattern, both of bronze, several bronze articles of very peculiar construc tion—more or less highly ornamented and of which the uses cannot at present be even guessed ; whetstones of two kinds—one of them perforated to suspend to the dress; a stone curiously shaped and pierced, possibly used to attach to a fishing-net; iron knives of ancient pattern; also a spear head, an arrow head, and an adze of unusual shape, all of iron ; a large Y-shaped piece of iron, use un known, and other articiee too numerous or too obscure to be catalogued. The discovery cannot fail to be of great interest to all who have studied the history of our barba rous British tribes. It is, however, singular, that so far no discovery has been made of flint instruments, nor of belles of extinct animals, but the researches which are being con tinued may yet bring both to light, as the operations now in progress promise the discovery shortly Of the passage by which the cavern is continued into the heart of the hill. DEATH OF A POACHER FROM THE ALLEGED VIOLINCE or THE FOLICE. — An inquest was h e ld on M on . day afternoon at Southall Count y House of Correction, Notts, on the body of an o ld man named Skidmore, who had died whilst undergoing a term of th ree months ' impri sonment for night poaching in the parish of Blidworth on the Ist inst. It was suggested that his death might have been caused by the severe beating that he had received when captured, but the inquiry was adjourned. A FEMALE REPORTER,. —A good-looking young lady, dressed in black, appeared among the press gang at the Chicago Convention as correspondent for a Philadelphia paper. Sh e wro te nimbly away until she had filled two or three large pages, and after the adjournment hurried off to the telegraph office to fond special deipttitchea,—,lYew York Paper , The Railway Bridge at Blackaiars. Foot passengers passing over the temporary bridge a Blackfriars may now see the ruins of the old stone struc ture on the one side, and trains of engines and carriages on the newly constructed railway bridge on the other—one telling of the days of the last century, when Fitt guided the destinies of the country, the other indicating the wonderful resources of engineering science of the present day. When the stone briage now in course of demolition was completed political feeling ran high, and the names of Chatham-place, Earl-street, and William-street, Blackfriars, still attest the regard which was felt for the great Minister. The bridge itself was intended to have been called " Fitt Bridge." The engineers and contractors who have spanned the Thames at this spot will not, we fear, have any honour done to their genius and enterprise such as that which the great States man received, and there will be no Cubitt-street i r Peto place to hand down to posterity the names of those who, in a marvellously short period, have built the now Blackfifiars bridge. Engineering science can point to no greater feat than that performed is the completion of this bridge across the Thames in little more than twelve months. _ The first stone of the abir went on the Surrey side was laid on the 2d of May in last year ; the bridge, so fir as its con struction is concerned, was completed cn the 21 of June this year, ballasting, laying the rails, painting, and fixing the decorations only remaining to be done, and even these might have been accomplished had there been any necessity for finishing them before the viaduct was complete to Ludgate hill. The bridge is 930 ft in length, including abutments, and the river is crossed by 5 spans of iron, each 160 ft long ; two of these spans laid side by side from the width of the structure. The mode of building was by cons'ructing what is called an American truss—that is, a powerful lattice-work of timber, floored at the bottom, and strong enough to bear a load of three tots per lineal foot. This was built with its ends resting just below the heads of the iron piers to support the permanent iron girders. Upon this staging of timber the iron bridge was put together. The main girders wore first proceeded with, then the broad iron plates of the bottom were placed on beams of timber cuff eiently thick to admit of the lower plates of the girders being a short distance above the top, or heads, of the supporting columns. The portions of ironwork were " keyed" to each other, and stout iron angle irons at the side rivetted cn to prevent any lateral movement. When this part of the work was complete, a floor of iron was obtained on which to proceed with the building up of the cross-barrel pieces, or lattice-work, of the completed spans, and which serve to resist compres sioa, and also to provide for the great tensile strain to which the bridge must be subjected. S) soon as all these diagonal cross bars of iron were placed in position, and an immense iron lattice side, 16 feet in height wee formed, their ends were rivetted and secured by broad flange pieces—and when thus secured the structure was complete. It stood, it is true, upon the timber staging, or truss—but when this was removed, it was and is now perfectly self-sue taining. So soon as the last of the huadreds of thou sands of rivets were driven the timber was knocked from under —it had done its work, and the bridge stood, sup ported only by its iron columns and abutments. The spans of iron, though to the eye they appear perfectly hor;zontal, still are not so. They are " cambered," as it is termed, to the extent of five inches—that is, they arched to that small extent only—five inches in 160 feet. When, however, the timber staging was removed, and the 600 tons of ironwork in the span was left unsupported, the centre sunk to the extent of two inches, caused by the minute compression of the plates in the upper flanges, but when once the structure had been thus compressed it became all the mere rigid from the reduction of the curvature of the arch. The strain which the bridge is calculated to stand is very greatly in excess of that which can by possibility be brought upon it by the ordinary working of the traffic. With the view of giving additional strength there is a centre girder between the two two outer latticed ones, which assists to carry the cross beams. This central girder is 4i feet in width, while those at the sides are only three feet wide. The " struts" are placed at intervals of four feet apart. They are bands of iron about half an inch in thickness, and vary in width from five to ten inches as the strain upon them increases. Each of them has to bear a compressive weight of three or four tons, and the lattice work between them is for the purpose of preventing their " buckling" up under the pressure. The girders which cross the bridge transversely are placed at distances of four feet to correspond with the portion of the ties and struts. and upon these again are laid longitudinal girders. By these transverse and longitudinal girders the whole floor is therefore divided into a series of square compartments of wrought iron of great depth and strength. Above this framework of cells there is laid on a wrought iron floor, covered with asphalte, and over this again the sleepers and ballast for the roadway. At the top of the bridge are seen a number of bent or curved arches of iron stretching from one side to the other. There are placed in this position for the purpose c f preventing lateral vibra tion, and ere secured to the upper flanges of the lattice gir ders. Between each pair of spans there is an open space to allow for the contraction and expansion of the span move went, further facilitated by the iron roller frames upon which they rest. The spices are filled up with panels of iron work, which will not prevent the slight movement caused by the extremes of the temperature of summer and winter. The supports for the bridge are the masonry abut ments on the Surrey and Middlesex sides, and four piers, each consisting of three clusters of four iron columns, which rest upon masonry rising from the bed of the river. They have a noble appearance at high and low water, and their massive iron capitals give a suitable finish to the work. The abutments, too, are peculiarly bold and imposing in their character. The iron terminals are in keeping with the other parts of the structure. They consist of an ornamental iron - scroll, bearing upon it the words " London, Chatham, and Dover Railway," and the motto " Invicta." surmounted by the royal cypher and the date " 1861." The scroll includes the shield of the City of London and the arms of the coun ties through which the railway passes. The terminals above the columns are ornamented with iron bosses. The founda tions of the piers, as we have explained on previous occa sions, were formed by sinking iron caissons an average of 28 feet below the bed of river. This work has been carried out with so much care that no subsidence has taken place in any of the piers since they were completed. The bridge has been built from the designs furnished by Mr Cubitt, the engineer of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway; the contrac tors for the building were Messrs. Peto and Co. The first engine, with a long train of carriages attached, passed on Tuesday, half way across the new bridge towards the northern side. The train was accompanied by Mr Thomas, the resident manager, and Mr G. Sharp, inspector of works. Tho levels were taken before the starting of the train, and it was found that only the slightest deflection had taken place. Another month will elapse before the whole of the permanent way of the bridge will be ready for exa mination by the Government Inspector, and the passenger station, to be called the " Ludgate Station," now building in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, will be ready for the public accommodation. The principal object of testing the southern half of the bridge has been to enable the managers of the lino to shunt the trains from the Blackfriars Station. — .Railway .Arcivs • METROPOLITAN ORNITHOLOGY.—It is more espe cially in the early morning in spring and summer that the wanderer through the streets may best form an idea of the extent to which the practice of keeping singing -birds and poultry prevails in particular districts of London. There, amid the closely-built and pent-up houses, in warm sunny weather, may be heard the warbling of thousands of larks, blackbirds, thrushes, and others ; whilst from back yards, from areas, and even from cellars, come the crowing of cocks, and other noises proper to the farmyard. In the very densest and poorest quarters of, London, in the most dingy streets, there may be seen poultry, including ducks and geese, the two last of which, in the hot summer days, look truly miserable objects. In parts of Islington, however, and elsewhere, better accommodation, in the shape of yards of considerable extent, is provided for these bipeds. Many of the enclosures are hidden from the general view by blocks of house,but they frequently boast of tall and spreading s of bygone days, when the surrounding trees, remnau: country. They are likewise often pro. space was still open vided with duck pona,,, supplied by the natural springs which yet exist in parts o: Islington and Pentonville Ducks, geese, and other poultry at: here reared in consi . derable numbers, and with tolerable .suceess but they are rather noisy neighbours, particularly - at break of day. In one of the streets of Mayfair— not II: itse l f en important street, yet containing a few good house: —the writer has had opportunities of observing a flock of poultr;,. eight hens and a cock, which every day wander about, exactly as they might do in a farm-yard. One evening, passing through the street, he saw a single hen suddenly vanish, as it were, into the bosom of the earth, and on corn ing up to the spot, he found it was the last of the flock which had at that moment dropped through an aperture in a grating which covered a small area in front of the house. Here, a common hen-ladder descending in the area ex plained how this little herd of poultry was kept ; namely, in a cellar under the carriage - way, whence, of course, the cock is heard sounding his De Profundis at all the proper morning hours.—Chlinbcrs's Turcrnal. The colonelcy of the 18th Hussars has become vacant by the death of Lieutenant-General By am, but neither as regards that regini nt or the BuTs, which, as we mentioned last week, is also vacant. has any step been taken to select a new colonel. With the exception of Sir A. Clarke Kennedy, no line cavalry colonel has died since March, 1861, and the vacancy caused by his death was given to Lieut. •G en, J. Bloomfield Gough, whose uiclaims were indisputable on the score of long and distingshed service in the field. Of the existing . cavalry generals, none of the seniors have seen active service in the field. At the head of the list is Sir Charles O'Donnell, who has served abroad ; but the next batch—Licutenant- Generals Lord Rosslyn, Ilall, and Hankey—we believe have been en • gaged only on home service. Lord do Res may be sup posed to have been rewarded for his military service by the Deputy Lieutenancy of the Tower, which he has held for some time, and until we g o same way down among the major-generals we do not light upon any striking claims on the ground of good service. In the absence of any among the seniors, it may be fairly conjectured that Sir Charles 0 Donnell, who has often exhibited a most soldierly anxiety to servo on the field, is likely to have the 18th 11usses and Icary (iazttte, SP?RTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, RICHMOND RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRIPII WRIGHT STAKES. The Oppressor Olmar St Magnus .. 3 Sven ran. BURTON HANDICAP. Early Purl Honest John Band arilla Five ran, BELSAY NURSERY HANDICAP. Lozenge Sister to Lady Augusta itondoleiia Nine ran. CANTERBURY RACES-THIS DAY. HANDICAP. Rosa Lee Baliverne Mother Bunch Twelve ran. WELTER CUP. Warwick Zuleo Itoseneath .. Five ran. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocii. ITALY. TIMM, Sept. 21.—Yesterday evening a number of young men, of 'whom several were workmen, paraded the streets, shouting "Down with the Ministry." The bystanders witnessed this demon stration with indifference, and the assemblage sub• sequently dispersed of its own acccrd. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate brecz3 and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind tine, for Montreal. SWANSEA, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—John Hol man, for Coquimbo. rLYMOUTII, Sept. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Gipsy, from Quebec—Cicerone, from London for Nassau. Sailed —Mina Clarke, for Quebec. CARDIFF, Sept. 20.—Wind S.—Sailed—George Henry, for Buenos Ayres. FALMOUTH, Sept, 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Timis°, from Havannah. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRATEiEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 20.—Christian Sophia, from Lokken. Arrive, Sept. 21 —Lauriell, from Riga—l3 , 3thcsda, from Malmo—Elizibeth Wright and Glen Droon, both from Riga—J annette, from Thintzic—Mary Gillespie, Charles Stewart, Annie, Louisa, and Lizzie Lee—all from Cronstadt —Maria, from Oporto—Ann Warren, from Pomaron— Charlotte Ellen, from Leghorn—Active, from Nykjebing— Rio Grande and Wilton, from Jamaica—Venus and Whabys—both from St. Petersburg—Earnest, from Stettin. Sailed, Sept. 21.—Sir It. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk— Hanover, steamer, for !Calais—Rhine, steamer, for Bou logne—Leipsic, steamer, for Antwerp. DIAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—The Morning Star, from London, for Trini dad. SUDDEN DEATH OF A LADY.—..A.bOIIt six o'clock on Saturday evening, the wife of Mr Robert Sharpe, of Courtlands, near East Grinstead, had just left her dress ing-room in full health. but scarcely had she taken her seat at the dinner table when she raised her hands and exclaimed, " 0 Lord." That instant she was a corpse ; some thought she had been suffocated, but Dr. Rogers, who was promptly on the spot, stated that death had been the result of apo plexy. This melancholy occurrence) has just cast a gloom over the whole neighbourhood, and Mr Sharpe being a largo landowner, receives great sympathy, not only from friends but from the numbers he employs.--Surrey standard. MELANCHOLY AFFAIR AT lIOLLIN GWOOD,-0a Sunday evening, a child, about three years of age, named James William Taylor, son of Joseph Taylor, Cotton street, Copsterhill, Holliuwood, near Oldham, was Ewa tally shot by his cousin, Joshua Cartwright, son of James Cartwright, of the same place. It appears that James Cartwright bought a gun a short time ago, and he has been in the habit of amusing his little nephew by allowing him to fire off percussion caps. A man, named Butter gorth, came to borrow Cartwright's gun on Sunday fore noon, for the purpose, as he said, of shooting at a flock of starlings. Ile returned the gun sht,rtly afterwards, still loaded, saying the birds had disappeared, and taking off the cap hung the weapon on the ceiling, not omitting to tell Cartwright that it was charged. About half-past 4in the afternoon the child Taylor came in and, casting his eyes towards the gun, said " Let me shoot ;" whereupon Cart wright took down the gun, forgetting that it was loaded, and put on a cap. He then took the little fellow between his knees, but the child would not draw the trigger. Joshua Cartwright, a boy of 13, then took the gun and pulled the trigger. The contents of the gun lodged in the left breast of the child Taylor. who after sobbing twice died. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LADY.—On Friday the North Riding coroner held an inquest at Kirby Moorside, upon the body of Mrs John Wuines, the wife of Mr Wainer, solicitor, of that place, who met her death as follows :—A few days ago Mr Waines, surgeon, with his wife, and Mr and Mrs John Waines, were the occupants of a eog•cnrt, in which the horse ran away in a steep street in hirby. Mr W. Waines finding ho could not hold the animal, pulled it short into a side street, but in creasing an iron drainage grate the horse lost foot hold and fell, and both horse and dog cart rolled over down the hill several times. Mr W. Waines and his wife both received dislocations, but Mrs J. Waines, the deceased, was greatly injured about the head, and was rendered speechless, death ensuing on Thursday. The sad event was purely accidental, and a verdict was re turned accordingly.—Eaaern Morning .Ne s. 'THE INTERIOR OF A JAVANESE CRATER. SO. parated by a shelving ridge, we found on the oppo site side another crater, called the Kawa Ratu, which is semi to better advantage by descending into the interior. The way, which at first glance seems easy enough, we found before going many steps to be quite the reverse. The descent is almost perpendicular; and, there being no regular path, you are obliged to pick your way amongst loose stones and hard cakes of clay, which in some places were very slippery. When we had descended about half way, we came to an escarpment, from which we looked down on the active portion of the volcano, whence issued sounds like the moaning of the wind on a stormy night. These sounds the superstitious natives believe to be the groaning of certain giants chained under ground by a wicked gnome. Venturing to descend still lower, we had a more distinct view of the chimneys or apertures in the Kawa Ratu, some of which only present the appearance of extinct craters in miniature, while from others the smoke forces itself in dense volumes, preceded by hoarse noises, as though the vents were too small for the great rush of vapour proceeding from them. The sounds we heard were very distinct and loud, in consequence of our proximity. The orifices are encrusted with thick deposits of a red and yellow substance, the ground on all sides being of a yellowish brown hue, in consequence of the quantity of sulphur with which the air is impregnated. A few of the holes were filled with water, blue as the sky above us, and apparently boiling hot. We lingered to gaze on this won. rous scene as long as we could stay, but the smoke, which sometimes rose in clouds before our faces, obliging us to close our eyes, compelled us at last to retreat, glad of having ;:ad the opportunity of seeing thus much. This crater, if no t more, is at least 400 ft long, and I should say about 300 Java, by IV. B. I A dreaci;ul murder was committed in the begins ning of last week by a bookbinder named Gauthier, residing in the B 13 that Gauthier, a the person of his wire. It a pp ear Rae Montagne-Ste..Ge navieve, on man of violent character and much given to drink, had for some time been in the habit of ill-treating his wife. One night he went home intoxicated, and beat his wife because she reproached him with his dissolute conduct. They went to bed, however, as usual, but in the morning about six the husband revived the quarrel, and at last strangled his wife by entwining a cord sit times round her neck. lie then left the house, passed the day in drink■ ing, and returned at night, and slept in the bed with his wife's corpse. lie did the same the two following nights, after which he returned home no more, but sent a letter by post to M. Vigneron, his father-in-law, stating what he had done, and advising him to get the body buried. Vigneron accompanied by a commissary of police and a doctor , went to Gauthier's lodgings and forced open the door, but it was found impossible to enter the room till the air had been purified by disinfectants. Oa removing the body it was discovered that the unhappy woman, in the agonies of death, had given birth prematurely to a still-born child. Search was made for the murderer, and ho was arrested on Friday night while playing billiard 4 at a hU frequented. 13.14. 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